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blazingangel09
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Would it be worth packing in a set of the Wiggy's waders or should I just stick with rain pants+gaiters+duck tape?
How would you compare the material on the Seak, Yukon vs Chugach? Stretch, breathability and quietness is most important to me as I'm not hunting Alaska.I used the FL seak jacket and Kuiu Yukon pants on my AK hunts. Both worked well.
Be sure to get pants that fit like pants, some I’ve used in the past are oversized to much. Its no fun hiking in rain pants cut so the crotch hangs to your knees.
I don’t even take softshell pants to AK for the hunts I do, just a couple pairs of rain pants. Next trip it will be Yukons and Kutanas. My caribou hunt I took the Yukons and Chugach. I got the Chugach a size larger and mostly wore them around camp over my puffy pants while giving the Yukons a chance to dry.
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How did the hunt go? Would love to hear the story and see some pictures of the terrible you got.I just got back from my hunt so I thought I would give a follow-up on the gear we brought.
I used the Pnuma 3L Element Proof Rain Jacket and Black Ovis Hailstone Rain Pants.
My wife used the Kuiu Yukon Rain Jacket and Prois Dionla Rain Pants.
Overall, we were both very impressed with the performance of all of the pieces. We had unusually good weather for Adak but still saw lots of wind, rain and general wet conditions. We never had an issue with any of the clothing leaking or wetting out while we were in the field. The wind definitely helped to dry any surface moisture but the rain layers served as pretty effective wind blockers as well.
My only complaint was that the Black Ovis pants did not have any built in pockets. I knew this when I purchased them but thought I would wear other pants under them and utilize those pockets. As it turned out, I was in base layers and the rain pants for 100% of the trip and really missed having dedicated pants pockets. That is more a knock on my strategic decision rather than a failure of the design but go into it with eyes wide open.